Vehicle-tire.



- primary retainin means bywhich the elas-` tic is secure in its seaty in rthenietalhc Join; K orgKRoN, "orifio,U

A may concern-.- v J `Be it knownv that I, Jenn K, .WILLIAMs,A a

citizen of the United States, Vresiding at Ak' Nronyi'n the county of Summlt and State of .Y 4This"invelition'relates'. generally to 1 Ohio, have invented new and u'seul' Im reve# ments inVehicle-Tiresyof which the fol owing is a specifications 4"pro'vements in solid'` elastic `vehifsleltires :and themeans whereby theyareretained 1n pos'lf tionto that type ofv tires known as":"side`wire 'tion'on'a vehiclee'wheehand has especial relatires, which' comprise onejor more circurn` Izo ` oftransversewires orbars so positioned thatv *i ing-'wires from position.

ferential-retain'in-.bands arranged along one or -both ofthe si es of the tireP toy act asV the Tires of theI foregoing type are generally seated in a metallic rim provided with up- Vwardly and outwardly prme'cting side anges, and the elastic tires'which are to seattherein are so formed as to havefalongtheir sidesucir;4 cumferential wire-.seats so `disposed that i Y seats the side lianges of the rim will. ordinawhen.the retaining;` resareplaced in the rily prevent the lateral slipping of the retainn `addition to 'th circumfere'ntial retainthroughout' its A entlre circumference 'a series formed along the sidesy o`f the"tire-body"suiiiff` ciently topermit @theside or circumferential v wires to engage'them .and rest thereon.

At the present time theinserting of transl j f ,verse wires `in the tire-base is generallyT done v 4 i 1 chlne and before vulcanization, A.and great difficulty is foundin'doing this with accuracy 'Tand' wit :afterthe tire is'forrned by a tireforming inaout distorting the tire. I

a tire'of this' general' type wherein 'the trans` verse element for sustaining the side wires will be continuousand mayjbe incol orated in the tire-bodywhileissuing from t e tire' mg this element in a previous Among therdvantages obtained by `this ingwires it is customary-to insertin the base .portion ofthe bodyof the tire at intervals t a 'The object of my` invention is to construct LSpeciea/tion'of Letters Patent. Application madisopamba tricot,4 seralrgfzjaozt.

forming machine, thereby avoiding the exense and annoyanceof subse'luently insert-v yfformed tire.v

.(PnStTUCiOnenegreaternsecurity againstdisplacement and increased strength, both very desirable in the manufacture vo vehicle-tires.

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Patented March 320,. 19,0'6..

andfother 'objects in vWith the lforegoing the novel. c'onview'theinvention consists of struction,`c'ombinat1on', and arrangement of parts constitutin the tire2 tobe hereinafter referred lto and il ustrated' in th'e accompanyj fication, in which is shown the preferre emv.ing drawings, hichform a part ofthis s eciy bodimentof ,the invention; but itis to be un Variations, and, modif ications caribe resorted to whichcome with'- in the scopeoft'he claim hereunto a pended. In ,the drawin s, in ywhich simi ar reference-numerals-in icate tlike partsfinjthe dif- Aferent iigures'fV Figure lis a transverse,section` loffaA wheel-rim and a 'tire mounted thereon embodyingmy-'improvement-' Fig'. 2f is a side elevation of one form of my improved transverse; element previous to' its insertion `in ,a tire-body.- flig.v 3 is a plan view ofthe device shown in'FigQ. fFig. 4 is a plan view of a slightmodification ofthe device shown in Fig; 3,4and Fi 4 5 is a side 'elevationof the l devicefshown in ig. 4. Y

In the drawings the reference-characters 1 and 2 respectively represent the rim of a vehicle-wheel-and an elastic tire mounted theref on.. A

' The rim 1 is ofthe ordinary ,langed t e in I common use, andthe ,tire 2 external y has the. common conformation usually imparted' to side-wire tires. v This tire 2 is Iprovided valon its sides .with wire seats 3, on which are .v

tight y-strained circumferentialwires 4. The position of th/ewire seats 3 is such that the 'Wires"-4- are' 'assisted in remaining .thereon 'by theside-langes o ftherim' 1. Extend' gl longitudinally the entire length of the tire is my improved side;wiresustaining element 5, conslstingof a continuously formed stri of suitable material (preferab y sheet'meta). provided throughout with per- A`orationstherethrough and of a transverse widthgat its'widest art equivalent to the transverse width'oi` base portion of the tire 2 immediately below the sidefwire seats ,3. This sustaining element 5 is so 'positioned y transversely in the .ti're-b )dyl` that. its 4outer IOO side ortions thereof are approximately 'expose along the base portions of the seats 3,

' thus enabling theoircumferential retainingwires 4to rest thereon, therebycausing the pressure which theyfare intended to exert :toward the wheel center' to be distributed over' the "entire element `5 approximately A .It will be stated that in placing the element 5in'the body of the tire it 1s preferably the forming-machine, and the element 5 will be immovably secured in position by the subsequent vuleanization of the tire-body:

In manufacturing my improved sustalnlng element for the side wires o a tire a large Variety of atte'rns ad sha es ma be employed, al substantiallymee anieal yequiva.-

ent, but differing in specific` design', as lllustrated in the drawings by Figs. 3 and 4.

It will be seen by reference to these figures that the element 5 in Fig. 3 is provided with serrated edges, the extended points of which are arranged to sustain the side wires, While in the form shown in Fig. 4 the sides of the element 5.are provided with continuous strips 6, vwhich are arranged to receive and sustain the side wires; but in both these forms shown sufficiently largeV perforations exist to permit the perfect union of the tire material therethrough, which eiectually anchors this element in position at all times.

the bottom of the shoulders alon and integral side shoulders of suiieient width to' permit the seating thereon of tire-retaining means, tire-retaining means consisting of circumferentially-arranged bands mounted on said shoulders in a state of tension, and a continuousl -formed stiffening device embedded in t e body of said tire of sufficient width to extendbetween the sides of said tire at such a point in the body thereof that the outer side edges will be exposed and form said tirebody, said stiiiening means being ormed of ya continuous strip of metal provided witha series of regularly-recurring openings, so shaped that the stri s of metal existing between said openings wil extendv obliquely through the tire-body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence ol two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN K. WILLIAMS. 

